In the software industry, in which I have worked for the past 25 years, we often use the adage, "What's old is new again." Today's messaging tools like Slack and Teams, for example, owe a lot to the ...

Many medical device companies develop software using a traditional waterfall methodology in which each step is taken in sequence: requirements, design, implementation, verification, and validation ...

When JPMorgan Chase recently launched a new website, Gavin Michael, head of digital for consumer and community banking, credited much of the success and speed (it took 18 months) of the project to the ...

You need to augment the agile process with a set of disciplines and technologies to get the full value of the agile methodology If you are leading or participating in an agile development process and ...

“Gone are the days of three-year $50 million software programs. Now, I want returns on investment within three to five months. We need to change the way we develop software so that we can get things ...

In the current context of the world of software development, the main factor of success is the ability to work together. Agile collaboration, especially in this case when working with a business ...

It is time to throw out the textbooks and focus on what agility truly means and how you can use it to serve and enable your business. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network ...

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Agile software development has grown in popularity in recent years as businesses demand more flexibility and responsiveness to change from their IT systems. High-profile initiatives such as the Gov.uk ...

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Agile development also sidesteps the money pit of traditional software development "where you have this elongated, linear process of collecting requirements for software, then going to specifications ...